leaving dentistry

[hak]

Hello everyone.
hi from the U.K.
im a gdp in England. have been in dentistry for almost 10 years now and im 35 yrs old now , but frankly speaking, ive had enough and now just want out!!!!!!!
There is nothing nice left in it for me. everything about it irritates me now, im depressed agitated and irritable all the time. and I don't think its worth my well being anymore.
so I want to leave dentistry. atleast the clinical side of it, but unsure how to do it or where to start in a new career or is there a pathway I could take to start teaching in a dental university and what degrees to take then.
As you Could realise, there is this stigma associated with dentist who LEAVE dentistry so I cant find a lot of sympathy or help from the dentists I work with. so thought ill ask a wider audience if they could help.

 

[Zack Keihani]

Hi ,
I was in your shoes about 12 years ago back in U.K. I decided to leave dentistry as well because I was doing the same procedures again and again. In 2002 , I took a year off and lived in different places in USA but became bored very soon . I then returned to my country of birth , Iran and started a brand new practice www.mytehrandentist.com and good things started to happen for me. Because of my background in U.K. and Denmark and my 12 years of clinical expertise I soon became the trusted dentist for all the European embassies and oil companies operating in Tehran and became a real success in matter of 2-3 years. I no longer had to do root canals , fillings etc as I hired other specialist dentist to do those for me. The last 8-10 years I have been doing only cosmetic dentistry and Implants and I love it.
In short , there are very very few positions for a general dentist other than dentistry . Try to take 6 months off and new ideas will come to you. I am now 52 years old and love my work. I hope this helps !